Articles from the Case Updates Category

Case Update: Waco Rope Case in the News

November 2, 2018 | By Bekah Harger

Originally posted in the New York Times By Julia Jacobs Nov. 1, 2018 A private school in Texas was ordered on Wednesday to pay $68,000 in damages to a black girl’s family two years after she returned from a sixth-grade school trip with severe rope burns around her neck. In…Read More

Accident or Attack: Waco Rope Case Goes to Trial October 22nd in Austin

October 18, 2018 | By McCathern Law

AUSTIN, TX: The widely publicized case of rope injuries to a 12-year-old girl’s neck while on a school sponsored camping trip will be heard by a Travis County jury next week. The jury will determine if Live Oak Classical School is at fault for the severe rope burns suffered by…Read More

July 6, 2018 | By Bekah Harger

McCathern Partners Paul Grinke and Jesse Hoffman from the Frisco and Dallas offices teamed up to win a rare Directed Finding at a Final Arbitration Hearing, resulting in the dismissal of their client from a complex construction defect case with claims in excess of $31 million. McCathern’s client was sub-contracted…Read More

April 9, 2018 | By Bekah Harger

Recently, McCathern Houston partner, Isaac Villarreal with the assistance of attorney, Eric Utermohlen, received a favorable outcome after a jury trial in Harris County, Texas. Mr. Villarreal and Mr. Utermohlen represented a client and his company in a complex business lawsuit that generally centered on the joint ownership of a…Read More

Case News: Disabled Weatherford Man Files Lawsuit Against Six Flags

March 27, 2018 | By McCathern Law

ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Clint Bench looks through some pictures pointing out ones where he’s water skiing and firing a gun. He says he loves to be active, “Mountain biking I love,” says Bench. “My son is a Scout; I’m a Scout Master.” The father of two from Weatherford was born…Read More

Lawsuit: Bullies at Galveston school left “KKK origami” on child’s desk

May 18, 2017 | By Elissa Rex

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 02:10 PM GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — A mother filed a lawsuit against a private school in Galveston, claiming her son was bullied and harassed for more than a year because of his race. The lawsuit names Trinity Episcopal School, its principal and the parents of three…Read More

Houston Case News

May 9, 2017 | By Elissa Rex

Property buyer accuses developer of fraud by Philip Gonzales | May 8, 2017, 1:55pm HOUSTON, TX — A Harris County woman is suing a developer, alleging fraud and inducement. She is represented by attorneys Isaac Villarreal and Veronica Montemayor of McCathern PLLC in Houston. Susan Adams filed a complaint May 5…Read More

Client Success Stories

December 29, 2016 | By McCathern Law

We strive to provide the best client service possible and focus on our mission of Improving People’s Lives daily. Here are a few examples out of countless successful outcomes we’ve achieved on behalf of our clients. McCathern Houston Achieves Big Win Attorneys: Rodney L. Drinnon and Isaac Villarreal Rod Drinnon and Isaac Villarreal of McCathern’s Houston office…Read More

Girl injured by rope around her neck on school trip

July 13, 2016 | By McCathern Law

WACO, TX — Authorities want to know how a 12-year-old girl ended up with a severe rope burn around her neck during an overnight campout with her sixth-grade classmates. But the child and her mother believe they already know. The girl is black and attends a mostly white private school near a flourishing part of downtown….Read More

Levi McCathern represents bullied black student

June 22, 2016 | By Elissa Rex

White students dragged a 12-year-old black girl by the neck with a rope, lawsuit claims Charles Pulliam-Moore 6/22/16 11:27am Live Oak Classical School in Waco, Tex., is facing a $3 million lawsuit from the family of one of its only black students after a 12-year-old girl returned from a class trip…Read More

California Case Update: Perry v. Bakewell Hawthorne LLC

April 11, 2016 | By McCathern Law

A new case came down this week from the California Second District Court of Appeals. In it, the Court strictly interprets the law on designation of experts and timely disclosure. In Perry v. Bakewell Hawthorne LLC, defendants served a demand to exchange expert witnesses, to which plaintiff objected as untimely. …Read More

Super Bowl ticket holders appeal award over Cowboys Stadium seats

August 25, 2015 | By McCathern Law

A group of Super Bowl XLV ticket holders have laid out their reasons for appealing March’s jury award of less than $76,000. The lawsuit — four years in the making — was filed after 1,200 seats at Cowboys Stadium could not be completed in time for the 2011 Super Bowl….Read More